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C. C. ULLIBRIDGE.

BURNER.

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BURNER.

APPLICATION FILED Nov. 3. 1919.

Patented Dec. 21, 1920.

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CURTIS C. LILLIBRIDGE, OF HU'ICHINSON, KANSAS.

BURNER.

T all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, CUnrIs C. LILLI BRIDGE, a citizen of the UnitedStates, re-

siding at Hutchinson, in the county of Reno and State of Kansas, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Burners; and I dodeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to improvements in burners, and it has moreparticular reference to oil burners, although it is not re stricted tothe use of oil.

One object of this invention is to provide a new and improved burnersupporting member which is especially designed to support that type ofburner disclosed in my Patent #1,295,77 5, granted to me on February 25,1919, the construction of the present device being such that the use ofa grate will be obviated.

Another object of the invention is to provide a removable attachment tobe used in connection with the burner of my aforesaid patent whichpermits natural gas to be effectively used with it.

A. further object of the invention is to provide an attachment of theabove mentioned type which is of such construction that it may beemployed to loosen soot and other accumulations between the parts of theburner when it is rotated by hand.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparentduring the course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification and inwhich like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout thesame,

Figure 1 is a central vertical sectional view, partly in elevation of aheating stove equipped with my invention, the gas spreader beingremoved.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged central vertical section.

Fig. 3 is a section on the plane of the line 3 3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a section on the plane of the line 44 of Fig. 2.

In the drawings, wherein for the purpose of illustration, I have shown aheating stove S equipped with my automatic fuel 1 supply cut offmechanism G, as disclosed in my Patent No. 1,334,251 granted to meSpecification of Letters Patent. Pate t d D 1 1920.

Application filed November 3, 1919.

Serial No. 335,369.

on March 16, 1920. I have also shown the hot air pipe I equipped withheat radiating ribs R, such as more clearly shown and described inanother co-pending applica tion filed by me on November 8, 1919, theserial number of which is 335,367. By ref erence to these applications acomplete detailed description of these features will be had. The presentdevice, as will be here inafter set forth, is especially designed to beused in connection with the devices set forth in my aforesaid patent,and co-pendmg applications, although it may be effectively used withoutsome of these devices and I do not desire to limit the present inventionto such use.

In carrying out this invention it will be seen that I employ a burnersupporting member 1 and a gas spreader or annular jet member 2, whichparts are to be used together when natural gas is employed as the fuel,and one of said members being adapted to be removed when oil is used asthe fuel. These members are designed to be used in connection withmypatented burner #1,295,775 of February 25,1919. Inasmuch as the parts ofthe burner and the manner in which they cooperate are fully described inthat patent I will only refer to these parts very briefly. To this endit will be seen that the numeral 3 indicates an annular ring-like memberor oil trough from the inner wall of which the lower disk-like member 4is supported. The burner also includes an upper disk-like member 5 whichis spaced slightly above the member 4 and this member 5 is provided witha plurality of spaced laterally extending supporting projections 5 whichbear on the outer wall of the oil trough 3 and support and space it fromthe lower disk like member 4. These projections 5 also serve a furtherpurpose which will hereinafter he described. Fuel is fed to the burnerby a supply pipe 6.

The burner supporting member 1 is preferably channel-shaped and includesan annular plate 7 and inner and outer downturned flanges 8 and 9. Theouter plate supporting flange 9 is adapted to rest on an annularinwardly projecting flange 10 adjacent the base of the stoves. The innerflange 8 is inwardly and downwardly inclined and its extremity is turnedinwardly at right angles to it to provide a laterally extending ledge11. This construction "ash pit of the stove and this warm air willmingle with the incoming cooler air and tend to heat it, thereby aidingthe combustion and promoting the efliciency of the stove.

As before stated, oil is not always to be used with my burner, and insome instances I desire to use natural gas as the fuel and in order toinsure effective use of gas with my burner I employ a removable gasspreader or jet member 2. As shown, this member 2 includes .a horizontalring-like plate 13 and depending flanges 14 and 15. At the junction ofthe flange 14c and the plate 13 are a plurality of apertures 16 arrangedcircumferentially around the device and these openings serve as jetsthrough which the gas passes. When the plate is. in position the flange15 bears on the upper outer edge of the member 5 and the flange 14 bearson the plate 7. This member 2 not only serves as a spreader or jet forthe gas, but it also serves as a cleaning means for the burner. Toaccomplish this important feature I provide the plate 13 on its underface with a laterally extending lug 1:7, and this lug is arrangedin sucha position that it will engage one of the projections 5 when'it isrotated. Upon rotating other twhichis stationary will serve to loosensoot and otlieraccumulatlons between the parts of the burner, therebycleaning it and promoting its efficiency.

a The manner of using and operating the device is thought to be obviousfrom the xforegomg description; therefore, further explanation of thedevice is deemed unnecss rw It is to be understood that, the form of myinvention herein shown and described is to be taken as a preferred formof the same,- and thatvarious changes in the shape,

size and arrangement of parts may be resorted to without departing fromthe spirit of the invention or the scope of the subj ned. claims.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1. A device of the characterdescribed oomprising a burner including a lower station ary member andan upper manually rotatable member spaced slightly from one another,means to supply fuel to the space between said members, a manuallyrotatable gas spreader disposed over said upper member, and meansco-acting with the upper member and gas spreader to cause the former torotate with the latter, substantially as set forth.

2. A device of the character described com prising a burner including astationary lower disk-like member and a manually rotatable upperdisk-like member spaced from said lower disk-like member, means tosupply fuel to the space between said disk-like memher, said upperdisk-like member having supporting projections thereon, a manuallyrotatable and removable gas spreader disposed over the upper disk-likemember and being provided with a lug adapted to engage one of theprojections when the spreader is rotated by hand, substantially asdescribed and for the purpose set forth.

3. A device of the character set forth comprising a burner support, aburner carried by said support and including a head, a

fuel supply pipe leading to said head, a gas spreader disposed over saidhead and including horizontal plate and a depending flange, the junctureof the plate and the flange being apertured for the passage of gastherethrough, said depending flange normally bearing on the burnersupport and said horizontal plate normally bearing on the burner head.

4. A device of the character set forth comprising a burner support,including an annular horizontal plate having a plate supporting flangedepending from its outer my hand. I

CURTIS C. LILLIBRIDGE.

